Harvester-elevator



(No Model.)

M. KANE. HARVESTER ELEVATOR,

No. 598,377. Patented Feb. 1, 1898.

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HARVESTER-ELEVATO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 598,377, dated February 1,

Application filed July 22, I897. Serial No. 645,506. (No model.)

'To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MAURICE KANE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Austin, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Harvester-Elevators,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in harvester-elevators.

The invention consists,substantially,in the construction illustrated in the drawings, described in the subjoined specification, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Like letters refer to similar parts in the several figures of the drawings, in which- Figure 1 illustrates a side elevation of a harvester-elevator and some adjacent parts. Fig. 2 illustrates a similar view of a modification of the invention.

A designates a master-wheel with its shaft broken away on each side. This wheel is of the usual construction.

B designates a platform-apron, which is of the usual construction and serves to feed the grain to the elevator-aprons.

C and D are the elevator-aprons, which are of the well-known type, and comprise slatted aprons passing around rollers at the top and bottom,the upper apron 0 also passing around a third roller.

E is the binder deck or table, and G is a grain-shield placed a suitable distance above the upper end of the binder deck or table.

F is a supplemental roller arranged beyond the upper end of the lower elevator-apron and adjacent to the under side of the upper elevator-apron and to the upper end of the binder deck or table. This supplemental or auxiliary roller is rotated in the same direction as the roller at the upper end of the lower elevator-apron, and this is accomplished by any suitable means driven from any convenient part of the machine; but a desirable mechanism for this purpose is a gearing connecting such auxiliary roller with the upperroller of the lower elevator-apron. This auxiliary or supplemental roller constitutes an additional feeding mechanism for elevating the grain and delivering the same upon the binder table or deck, and its main purpose is to prevent the grain from being drawn by the slats of the lower elevator-apron down be= deck the slats of the lower apron catch some of the grain and draw it down between the binder-deck and the upper roller of the lower elevator-apron. It is the main purpose of the present invention to avoid this trouble, and, as shown, an additional feeding or ele vating mechanism is provided between the lower elevator-apron and the binder-deck,

which provides a lifting device between such lower elevator-apron and the binder-deck, whereby the grain is given a tendency upward and against the lower ply of the upper elevatonapromwhich forces it upon the binder table or deck instead of drawing a portion of such grain down under the deck. Of course it is immaterial whether the auxiliary elevating-roller is arranged, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, at a point higher than the master-wheel and with a binder-deck which only partially {bridges overthe master-wheel or Whether such auxiliary elevating-roller is arranged below the upper edge of such master-wheel, as in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and the binder-deck is directly extended across the master-wheel to form a bridge or is as sociated with a separate bridge for the same purpose. Many variations may be made in the specific construction and arrangement without departing from the spirit and prim ciple of the invention.

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

1. A harvester-elevator comprising the usual upper and lower elevator-aprons, supported by rollers at each end, a binder-table, and an additional elevating-roller located beyond the upper end of the lower elevator apron, and in such proximity to the under ply of the upper elevator-apron as to cooperate therewith in feeding the grain to the binder-table and in preventing such grain af ing drawn down by the slats of the lower elevator-apron between such apron and the binder-table, and gearing connecting such roller with the upper roller of the lower elevator-apron; substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this 19th day of July, 1897, in the presence of the subscribing witnesses.

MAURICE KANE.

Witnesses:

FRANK T. BROWN, HARVEY H. HUMPHREY. 

